1. Treacherous: unfaithful, false: Yakima river was treacherous.
2.
Shallow:
not deep: The pool was two or three feet deep at the shallow end.
3.
Skinny:
thin: I hated to walk naked into it and show my skinny legs.
4.
Subdue:
to tame, to put under control or check, restrain: But I subdued my pride and
walked into the pool naked.
5.
Aversion:
strong dislike, loathing, hatred: From the beginning, I had an aversion to the deep
water of a pond or a river.
6.
Surf:
waves, foam of the waves: My father and I stood in the surf.
7.
Aping
(to ape): imitating, copying: I paddled water wings, watching the other boys
and trying to learn by aping them with my new water wings.
8.
Misadventure:
mishap, accident, calamity: I was just beginning to feel at ease in the water
when the misadventure happened.
9.
Timid: coward, one who is afraid of something or somebody: I felt timid to enter the deep water of the
pool.
10.
Bruiser:
a strong and well-built boy who bullies others
11.
Specimen:
sample
12.
Rippling:
moving like waves
13.
Toss:
to throw oneself in a carefree manner
14.
Summoned:
gathered, mustered
15.
Bob:
to move up and down
16.
Tinge:
coloured spot
17.
Clutch:
to hold tightly
18.
yell (cry)
19.
flailed (moved
energetically arms and legs)
20.
paralysed (unable
to move) and rigid (stiff)
21.
irresistible (that
is impossible to oppose) force
22.
ached (pained),
my head throbbed (when you feel the nerves beating).
23.
dizzy (when
you feel as if everything is moving and you are unable to balance).
24.
stark
(real) terror
25.
shrieking
(crying)
26.
pounding (throbbing)
in my head,
27.
grab (seize/grip)
28.
Stark (real
but harsh)
29.
ceased (stopped).
30.
limp (handicapped)
31.
It
wiped out (removed) fear
32.
drowsy (feeling
as if in sleep)
33.
I
crossed to oblivion (state of forgetfulness/unconsciousness), and the
curtain of life fell.
34.
The
slightest exertion upset me, making me wobbly (shaky/unsteady) in the
knees
35.
I
was wading (walking with effort) the Tieton or Bumping River
36.
the
terror that had seized (overpowered) me in the pool would come back.
37.
In canoes (/kəˈnuːs/ small boats)
38.
New Hampshire (It
is a state in New England, US),
39.
canoeing
(the sport or activity of paddling a light, narrow boat.
40.
the
tension began to slack (decrease)
41.
my
face under water and exhale (breathe out), and to raise my nose and inhale
(breathe in).
42.
Bit
by bit I shed (get rid of) part of the panic
43.
Tiny
vestiges (small parts) of the old terror would return
44.
Yet
I had residual (/rɪˈzɪdʒ.u.əl/ remaining) doubts.
45.
I
stripped (undressed)
46.
Gilbert Peak (Gilbert
Peak is the third highest peak in the U.S. state of Utah)
47.
the
will to live somehow grew in intensity (depth).
48.
free
to walk the trails (a path in the mountains)
